digital films developed by Bart Santello and Psychotropic Films™ are discussed in this blog.

Saturday, September 24, 2016

MZUNGU's Last Edit?

It has been ten years since I was in Africa traveling and filming MZUNGU. It has been ten years that I have been working on the 'digital film' MZUNGU. And that's exactly how long it needed to take. Below is a list of possibly the last editing notes from reviewing current version of the film. I feel I'm finally 'there' both from the artistic side and working with the technical challenges.

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For MZUNGU, my goal on the technical side was to develop 480P digital video and mini-DV tape (mid-2005 consumer imaging technology) in order to express its full potential from that era - while at the same time scaling-up the image to current HDTV technology. Coincidentally, this type of vintage footage was ideally suited for artistic expression to convey a perception what I experienced in Africa. These textured images invoke dreamlike environments that mirror stages of sleep and consciousness.